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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
A Curious Lew Case.
From the Ar0oz,a1t.

~
A curious law case, which has
arisen out of the recent earthquake
at Diano Marino, will shortly be de-
cided before an Italian court. Two
adjoining houses at Diano Marino
belonging to two different families
were destroyed by the earthquake and
the inhabitants were all killed. When
the ruins and corpses we're removed,
the sum of 100000 francs in gold
and bank notes was found among the
debris. As it wss impossible to as-l
certain 10 which house the money
belonged, and as no member Of either
family was saved to decide tue mat
ter, the surviving relatives have
brought their claims before the judges,
whose decision is expected in Italy
with much interest.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
MURDER IN ASHEViLLE.
N.,o .s.,L-Gr- =
. NE4aA516n Killed by Two White
Men-Carsa not Known.

AsHsvnLE, August I0.-About
1 o'clock on Sunday morning oistol
shot was heard by tie police on 1at-
ten avenue at point near the Bun.
combe warehouse. On reaching the
spot Self: Gainey. a negro, was found
shot and cut. He said that two men,
named VIM. Cowan and Geo. Cabi-
ness, had attacked him. Cowan was
arrested. Cabiness fed. The latter is
said to have been badly cut. The
cause of the difficulty is yariously
stated. The negro is dead.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
A Chance for the Great Family Ex-
terminator.
Edqe1feld Chronicle.

On the first day of the March term
Of Court, 1887, Rob't T. Jones was
arraigned for the killing of the three
Pressleys under three separate indict-
ments. When the State announced
itself ready to proceed upon the trial
Of Jones for the murder of Mr.. Ed.
ward Presley, ST., the prisoner,
through his counsel, Messrs. W. T.
Gary, Ernest Gary and N. G. Evans,
filed q petition with the Court de-
g 9apaiag 3 tzi ;flsl zs t2es R4Ssds tern ST he
other two cases. After Jopes's con.
viction in the case of Edward Press
lev, Sr., the State did not take up
for trial the other two cases. On'the
last day of the term of that Court, it
being the second term of the com.
mitment and Indictment Of Jones, his
counsel then moved for his uncon-
ditional discharge in those two cases
under the Habeas Corpus Act. They
demand this as a right of the prison.
er under the case reported in 5
Richardson, the State vs.. Fasket,
which says that prisoner committed
for felony on refusal to be given a
trial when demanded, "must be dis.
charged if not indicted and tried the
second term in the same manner as
if upon his trial he was acquitted"
After argument, and the citation OF
the authorities contained in the case
stated above, Judge Norton signed
an order that the prisoner be dis
charged (from those two cases. and
90 hence without date. Those two
cases were still left on the calendar
and we're called over on Tuesday the
2nd, by Judge Wallace when be was
sounding the docket. Major Ernest
Gary moved that they be stricken
from the docket as they were improp.
erly placed there, and referred to the
order which Judge Norton had signed
at the March term of Court. This
was a surprise to the State that the
order could possibly have such an ef-
feet. The order was called for, and,
after examining it, Judge Wallace
stated that he concurred in the con.
struction placed on Judge Norton's
order by Major Ernest Gary. The
State has been out.generaled com
pletely in this matter. Now, the
question is, has the State the right
to give out new bills against Jones
in those two cases? Jones's counsel
claim that new bills cannot be given
out against him as he is now dis
charged as effectually in those two
cases as if he had been tried and &C.
quilted of the, charges contained in
them. If he should get new trial
in the case under which be was found
guilty of maDslaughter, and the new
trial should result in an acquittal,
Jones would then be free man again
without having been acquitted by
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
A Texas Chief.
From the EerzYriNe TEXAS, Eye.

From TIE he7T5ctWe IeIds, Eye. -
The fellow that coils himself round
ten three fingered glasses of dead.
shot whisky and stands With his:
back against the bar with FIVE cert.
cigar in his mouth, and can hit The.
spittoon square in the bulls eye fTe
steps away, is as big q man in MS
own estimation as Washington, Ma.
poleon, or any other man who has.
scratched his name high up on the:
ladder of fame. !;
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
PRICE $3.50 A YEAR

trial of the murder of Charles Press,
ley and Edward Presley, Jr. Under.
the authorities cited and laid before
Judge Norton he had no ',,ternative3
left him but TO sign the order. It is.
quite certain that the State will en-
deayor to have new bills acted on
against Jones for the murder of Ed
ward Presley. 80.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
What It Cost the Lynchers.
E1oefeld Adrertiser.

Edqefeld Adrertiser.
1t is said that the lynching case
cost the parties concerned ten thou.
sand dollars, seven thousand 1--WE hun
dred of which went to the lawyers.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18

cxcursionists had come from, their
physicians and friends hurried on to
help them. From Perria had also
come delegations Of Red men and the
Ancient Order Of United WorAmen,
numbers of both sects being on the
ill,fated train. And so, after 8
o'clock in the morning, there were
plenty Of people to do the work that
needed such prompt attention.
1NPHoAIsED HOSPITALS AND MoRGUss.
In the Town Hall was the main
hospital, and in it anxious relatives
and sorrowing friends sat, and, fan
ming the sufferers faces, queried the
attending surgeons as they bound
the wounded and insisted that there
must be hope. Down in the dead
houses, fathers, husbands, wives and
children tearfully inspected each face
as it was uncovered and sighed as
the features We're unknown, or cried
out in anguish when a we'll known
face, sometimes fearfully mangled
but yet recog nizsble, was uncovered.
The entire capacity of the little vii.
LACE was taxed, and kind-hearted
women drove in from miles around
to give their gentle ministrations to
the sufferers.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
THE LOSS IN MONEY.

CHICAGO, August ia Chicago
Times Forest, ILL.,, eoecial says: The
pecuniary loss arising from the acci-
dent is simply enormous.
Under .ile laws Of IlI;;'.ois, the rela,
tives of those killed in the disaster
will, if they have any claim at all,
deplete the treasury Of the Toledo,
Peoria and Western Road of some
thing like s350,000, and those injured
would receive at least a quarter of a
million more.
THE FATAL LIST.
The list of killed so far as known
up to noon to-day foots up 156. of
whom 65 are from Peoria.
THE WORK OF ROBBERS.
President f. F. Leonard, Of the
Teledo, Peoria and Western Com.
pany, said to a reporter of the Times
that he had made 8 careful but
necessarily brief investigation of the
accident, and could no way account
for it unless on the presumption that
the bridge WAS set on ire deliberately
by ferds for the purpose OF wrecking
the train and robbing the passengers.
To say that lie deplored the accident
but family expressed his feelings.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
An Investigation Ordered.

CHICAGO, August pa dispatch
from Springfield, Ills, says that
board of railroad and warehouse CON-
missioners will 60 to Chatsworth to-
day and conduct the investigation of
the wreck yesterday morning.
CLEARING THE TRACK.
CHATswoRTH, Ills, August l2.-
At I o'clock this morning master me-
chanic Warren with wrecking train
and large force Of men were at
work. Warren was confident the
track would be cleared for trains by
noon. They were certain all the
bodies had been removed from the
wreck. A special car with officials
Of the Wabash road reached the
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
HUMAN VCLTURES.

No sooner had the wreck occurred
than scene of robbery commenced.
Some band of unspeakable mis-.
creants, heartless and with only AMI
NAL instincts, was at hand, like que.
rillas who throng the battlefield the
night after the conflict and flcb from
the dead the money which they re-
ceived for their meagre pay, stealing
even bronze medals and robbing
from the children of the heroes other
worthless emblems of their fathers
bravery. So last night did these
human hyenas plunder the dead from
this terrible accident, taking even
the shoes which covered their feet.
Who these wretches areis not known.
Whether they were band OF pick
pockets who accompanied the train
or some robber gang who were lurk-
ing in the vicinity cannot be said.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
Edge75elG Chronicle.

The Negroes Love Tor the Court Koons.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18

President Leonard came from Spring.
field in the afternoon, accompanied
by Col. John Stephens, general So
licitor of the road. When the body
of Edwin E. Adams was searched by
one of his friends, neither his pocket
book nor his gold watch and chain
could be found. Although he was
known to have started on the trip
with a large sum of money, the only
cash was found on his person was
thirty dollars, which be had in the
watch pocket of his trousers.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-18
A HORRIBLE SUSPICION,

ROEBlNT ! l6EOAD 6E 49, AND DYING
1t seems hardly possible that man
could be so lost to all ordinary feel
ing which animates the basest of the
human race; but still, men who will
rob the dead, men who will steal from
the dying and plunder the wounded,
held down by the broken beams
of wrecked car-wounded whose
death by fire seemed imminet-can
do most anything which is base, and
that is what these fends in human
form did. They went into the cars
when the fire was burning fercely
underneath, and when the poor
wretches who were pinned there
begged them, For Gods sake help
US out stripped them of their
watches and jewelry and searched
their pockets for money. When tho
dead bodies were laid in the corn
fields these hyenas turned them
over in search of valuables; and that
plunder was done by an organized
gang was proven by the fact that
this morning in the cornfeld, sixteen
purses. all empty, were found in
heap. 1t was ghastly ,plundering,
and had tie pluderers been caught
this afternoon they would surely have
heen 1vnche6
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OHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED AND uNIM.
ooRNER OF FIRST AN6 IINaAN -sTRKETs,
s588SsEE a sscoE6 As b9Is ID
AND AND NJ sTRkETs NORTHEAsTi AND
hETwA AuMBEs 81 N k3TS Hk M ps2ShbRE IN
Of the District Of Columbia psssed on the LIST day
Of December. 1887. in EQUITY Cause No. s429, =
MI ss s fH fHs fGls q r. BAY 81 BIZ
CEMBER 1887, At FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ ali of lots
numbered eighty three tS3 eighty -four e4, and the
south hsk Of lot numbere1nnety three ce3) in Thre-
AND on THURSDAY. THE TwENrY-sE SECOND
DAY OF DECEMBER 1887, AT FOUR O'CLOCK
IN 8. n 81 the e & sss q; q Pubs
thirteen u3l and Q4e IN square pumbsred seven hun
three (33 thirty -four thirty nvet35) thirty seht
four 44 .y f ssSs iSs :ss
(47 fortyeight 46 forty mine (49 nifty (50l nifty
one OH nfty-two l62l, nfty three t53,. nifty -four
eixht l5Sl and MY nine t5sl in Psuick Vbopno-
ghues Of square Numbered seven hundred
and 749) al Of said real estate being tu-
ated in the District Of Columbia and WIN be sold In the
Terms Of sale. provided BY the decree, One
third Of the purchsse money in CASH IN
year and in two year, from the day Of sas
e as q ~ 8
dspOs Of ESQ viii Be required on each pieos or par
he ;o ss s
and oost u the dsfsaitSs purchssr Al Convey
'n'ns and ''io' SHs I es f2i & u T:
WALTER q WILLIAMS 90. xScss. ''1 49, "a
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THOMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.
CHANcERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE ON / sTREET SOUTH, BE
TWEEN FOUR.AND.A-HALF AND SIXTH

CHANcERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
T JyyI E3T JR q AMP SIXTH
BY virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia holding Q special term in M?
Equity, passed on the 9Th day Of December. A. Wi
Is .na
bered 10 sci Of the Equity DocEets Of said court
Nv :s DAY sHfSp d
At FOUR O'CLOCK r. NJ, in front Of the premises to
the highest bidder, the following described real
ssnts situated S " the cy q District Of
bered sixteen u6) and fourteen t14) in square
bered hye hundred and one OOH and beginning for
the part Of said lot numbered sixtsen Q6) at point
16l and running thence east along the south line Of
four Inches he
ming Tor the part Of s.d fourteen iz At
The
of said lot and running thence north with the line Of
said lot twenty ave {25l feet thence west with the
eastsrly in straight line to the beginning. The said
properly 4 improved by two substantial Frame Dwell
g e . :: q z saS &c
I'm three equal tnstillments In one, two and three
years respectively. after data with interest payable
from the day Of sale; aaid peyments to
lien upon the premises sold TO the satisfaction Of the
deposit Of 600 will be required at time Of sale All
fsi to comply Win the terms Of sale within Sftsen
rsss the properly & rsk and cost q dsfsans pus-
VIM g. JOHNSON. Trustee,
dD-dts fendAll Building, Cor. A. and ID SITS NV
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VvNdOo. u. WAouhhANs AuCti<n1cok
TaUsTEE,s SALE OF TWO LARGE LOTS, ONE
ON NINETEENTH STREET. BETWEEN EAST
ofHER on EfaHTEENTH sTKEET BETWEEN
AMP sTERE5FTSS SSHGTHEAhSp mp kkts
N VSLU HE hRAR EST EsT1Ta On srRnEr,
STREETS NORTHWEsT. =
afBy virtue Of deed Of trust duly recorded In ~
Nc }5sI fSS q se St q IA sas
request Of the party thereby securrd Will ecu g
public suction d frcnt 81 the premi.es on WEDNRS
96AhTER 81 FoUR 0CIoCk +. 4. orisinsi Lot
81 In square ll21, situated 18th street. between
EAT z.C 3" &: III Day foyR p
o ~ e saas ii1s ssss % 1sss sss
6eswsm ssd q stlssssu seSt h tvrvrv s,co,,r
NEXT, Al fOUR vCLOCK Pm. WI sell, % pub
tsS 1ss, e 1Ss fss = sHisas
i4th scd l6SN streets northwest. D ~, 80
esid Los Il sau.ss III md Let L In square 923
20 = sc Ys: e Cd e s a.. g & % Tie sno'n
adspost q Goo yil g .auirsd o. ssck 10 q dine
a ~ M ~ halnnce In thru oQyn ipakale0ta IN
n twajve ard qghte9a lncnthA, foe which notss Of
psfeSsscs 6ar3e tntal6ss Iron dAy Of sale and =
S 49, e - e q Ss2s s' si 3 ssss.
eeonS2ssa rs & Ia ~ fsca - q psspsrsy vi
Sssc6 q III sna cost e dSlnulSng p.u66aar 90
dG1S davS n4vsfsrsT91a6 iv,,,,.,r.o~
rHosI = wAa0A1AA. AuessoassFs di3-d1
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WEEKS CO. Auctiopeers.
TRUSTEES SALE oFIMPnovEp REAL ESTATE.
SITUATE On BLADENsBURG ROAD IN THE

By virtue Of deed Of trust dated November I.
1886, and recorded in liber 12l3 at folio PSI ct
seq one of the Land Records for the District Iii
Coiumbia, and at the request of the party thereby
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1857 at FOUR O'CLOCK r NJ,
the following described real estate, situate in the
County of Washington and District Of Columbia viz.
Lot numbered one hundred and thirtyeeven tl1), in
Charles T. Banes' subdivision Of lots ninety 900
nnetythree (93 and lots ninety six t9oD to one hum
dred and one 10p of Thomas Z. Msggsmsns sub
division of part of Long Meadows" and recorded in
Book. County No o, foio 81 Of the Surveyors Office
of the District of Columbia
Terms Of sale: One third of the purchase money in
cash. $50 Of which to be paid down at time SALE
the balance in two equal instruments payable in
one and two years for which the notes Of the pur-
cured by deed Of the property sold all cash
at the option Of the purchaser II the terms OF sale
not complied with in ten days from date of sale the
property will be reaold at the cost and risk Of the de
ALSO IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, will offer
for sale at public auction by virtue of another deed of
trust, Of same date. recorded in said Lber l2l3 at
folio 2S4 ct seQ the following described real estate
lying contiguous TO that shove described viz: Lot
numbered hundred and thirty eight 1885, in the
subdivisions aforesaid.
Terms Of sale: one. third Of the purchase money in
and the balance in two equal Instruments payable
In one and two years, for which the notes Of the
purchaser will be taken at per cent interest and
secured by deed OF trust the property sold all
cash. the option of the purchaser The of sale
must be complied with within ten days from the
day q ale or the property viii be resoid ct the risk Of
Each Of the above lots IL improved by com Portable
dwelling house. J. q. BlGELow. Trustee,
dl3dkds Webster Law Building
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PROPOSALS

DRoPosALs FOR GI.sss.-oFFICE OF BUIIp-
ING FOR STATE, WAR AND NAVY DfPARI-
MEMS. WASHINGTON, ID G.. Deceaier no iss1
Sealed proposals for furnishing and delivering email
lot oi polished aud rough plate and doub glass
Tor the west aud center wings uf the building tata
mT anu Navy Departments N this city, val be rs-
3lst day OF Decemter lssI snd opened hmm diately
thereafter IN presence of bidders. spdcuto r.
eref instructions Ia bidders aud blank forms Of pT
sal Will he furnished APPLICATION TO this Office
IhOs LlSCOl-N CASEY. Colonel rorls OF fnxi.
neers dla,2O,2l, 90, co. 80
IDR0PoSALs FOR TIIING.-OFFtcE oF Buu.pfxa
II ron STATE WAR; AND NAVY DEPARTMENT. wasn-
ISGroN, ID. G., Dec. 3 lsST.-Ssalad proposals. for
FURNISHING delivering, and laying Ia place ccmpie,s
the plain and encaustic thing Of the library floor in
the west wing Of the building for state War and Nasy
pepsrments n this city will e received q THIS once
until TWELVE NJ. on MEpNESDAN. THE TwEN-
Tf-FiRsi DAY OF DECEMBER. 1Ss1. and oIened
immediately thereafter in preseuce o bidders spec-
ncations- general instructions g. bidders and blank
forms OF proposal will be furushea aIt .tiVn %
this Office THOs. LINCOLN CAshN, Colonel Corys
Of Engineers d3b.dS IL 20 al
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THE VARIED CRIMES OF WHICH THE tREV,1 n
HAMMOND HAS BEEN GUYITY

THE VARIED CRIMES OF WHICH THE "RRV.n WV
HAMMOND HAS BEEN GUILTY.
A Boston special says: The "Rev.n VIM. Ham,
mond, who is under arrest in Fulton County, Ill
has a remarkable criminal record, q portion OF
which was gained in New England. In the early
part OF 1886 he was at Franklin Falls, N. H., as
pastor OF the Free Will Baptist church.. Finding
that Mrs. Brockaway had some property he mar.
rfed her. BY false pretenses he drew 81 600 OF his
wtfe's savings from the bank and got possession of
$1,000 bond which belonged to her. He adminis-
tered three subcutane0us injections OF morphine
and left her to die, fleeing with servant girl
Fortunately lady visited the house, discovered
the woman's condition and called a physician,
who succeeded In saving her life. Hammond was
afterward arrested by Inspector Richardson
Next he turned up In Montreal and be anne con-
neeted with bogus sanitary and plumbing as
that city for making false afndavit Hewas con-
cerned with George X. Watson In the plumbing
from arrest ae watch was secured NJ oy Messr
Palmer Hall Hammond tried 70 recover it by
making the false affidavit and was arrested. A
Il burglars brace and the diamond drills used In
safe-breaking. At that time he had with HIM
Mrs. Colby, whom he had led away from her home
in Franklin Falls. In December-just q year ago
Hammond was heard from In Macon. he repre-
sented himself to be a wfdower, and married q
career got out, and he was about the same time
indicted for selling liquor without license. OBJ
tanning bonds ne LETT the country. He next turned
up In Illinois.
1Hammond was born in Lachute VILLAGE about
A miles from Montreal, where he was brought up
on farm He was married there, but his wife
died and he came across the line. He was In CALI
fOrnia in 1872 and 1873 ana practiced medicine at
freka, where another OF his wives died. About
April 1884, he was at Wolf Lake, village IL miles
from Ligon:er, Ind, where he was q Baptist
preacher and doctor. He made himself 10 Offensive
In both capacities that when he left the villagers
nred cannOns and held a Publication. His house,
filled with heavily insured furniture, was burned
under suspicious circumstances He then went to
few months Another wife died under suspicious
circumstances. He once preached at Bedford
clergyman, was that Of an outrageous liar and
hcentious scamp" At Allentown Pa, he was re-
membered as conscientious liar" At south
Pultney, N. Y, he got woman into q scrape and
decamped with $50 belonging to the church over
which he had presided in the guiSe OF q converted
Catholic priest
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rLAVE IN WALDhElA CkAETkkr.
The bodies OF the four anarchists who were
hanged in Chicago November IL, as well as that OF
Lingg were placed in their final resting place In
Waldheim Cemetery yesterday. There was no dis.
order. Mrs. Parsons tainted at the grave. The
special funeral train contained not 800 people,
There was no sorrow displayed by the occupants.
In TACT the demeanor OF the people was that Of a
all OF the men, and the women displayed only curl
osity. When the train arrived at Wadheim sta
The Indertakers removed the the ds from the
cori1ns at the same time that the chief mourners
took their places. Among the latter were Chris
and their aged mother; Nina Van zandt. with her
father; Elsa Friedel, Linng's girl; Mrs. Fischer,
with her daughters; Mrs Engel, and close to her
Tertiary All OF the women were dressed In heavy
mourning: The features of all the dead were what
Is called hfe-like-that is, the embalming process
had been success and the counterfeit pink flush
OF life was on their cheeks. Not trace of decom.
position was to be seen.
Before the addresses began memorial hymn
was sung by Milwaukee Maennerchor. Then
Capt. Black spoke. After Capt. Black came Paul
Grottkau. Of Milwaukee, who was followed by
Albert Curtin, OF st. Louis. Both the speakers
The lids OF the Baskets were then screwed on. At
this moment Mrs. Fischer stepped forward and
laid on the glass cabinet photograph of her two
year-old daughter, and simultaneously a man
placed In Engers comm several copies OF the Ar
better Eeitung. just asthe word was given to the
undertakerS to remove the caskets q representa-
tive OF the Cleveland Brewers Union stepped to
the front and laid o wreath on the caSket of
Lingg.
The grave which had been prepared to receive
the remains Of the nve anarchists had been dug
100 feet north OF where the ceremonies took place
1t was II feet deep and leading TO 1t was an In
clined plane dug out Of the earth. AT the bottom
OF the receptacle is block OF granite on which
rests bed of cement. Granite blocks are the
least foot thick. This stone-encased grave
was made to fit exactly five pine boxes in which
were carried down the incline and the sexton and
his assistants as quickly placed them In position
Spies lies to the west, his head to the north and
and LingR.